Red House capped their fourth consecutive victory at Frederick Smith Secondary’s Inter-house Athletic Championships last Friday.
They amassed 831 points, while Yellow were second with 757, Blue third with 710, and Green fourth on 662.5 points.
Red House captured the boys’ Under-17 division title as well as the girls’ Under-20 title.
Red’s Darian Bailey won the Under-17 Boys’ 800 and 400 metres. He was second in the 200 metres and third in the long jump, gaining 43 points for his house and the Under-17 title.
Shamanda Carter, also of Red, competed in eight events, but placed in two. She became the Under-20 Girls’ division champion, winning the discus and placing third in the 200 metres after finishing with 37 points.
There was no stopping Yellow House’s Ebony Downes-Tempro, who was named victrix ludorum.
She dominated the Under-15 division, winning four gold medals, while gathering 68 points. She won the shot put, high jump, 100 metres and 400 metres.
Downes-Tempro, who broke two records in the Frank Blackman Zone of the Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championships last year, was also second in the 200 metres and javelin and third in the discus and long jump.
Yellow’s Jade Yearwood ran away with the victor ludorum title when he totalled 71.5 points. He won the Under-20 Boys’ 200, 400, 800, 1500 metres and javelin. Yearwood also took silver in the 100 metres.
Malyka Scantlebury of Green House was named division champion among the Under-17 girls after collecting 55 points. She threw the farthest for both the shot put and javelin. Scantlebury was second in the 200, 800 and discus and third in the long jump.
In the Under-15 section, Alistair Goddard of Blue House was the division champion. He won the shot put, placed second in the javelin, 100 and 200 metres, and was third in the discus, piling up 47 points for his efforts.
Blue’s Demario Maynard tallied 52 points in an outstanding performance. He won the Under-13 boys’ division 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres and was third in the long jump.
Green’s Shavon Jordan, competing in the Under-13 girls’ division, won the 100, 200, 800 Open, 1500 and 3000 metres. (RG)
